Sanctuary oil-lamp



W. ROSENBERGER.

SANCTUARY OIL LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16, 1918.

1,345,960. P ed ly 6, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ROSENBERGER, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO THE WILL & BAUMEB COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SANCTUARY OIL-LAMP.

Application filed December 16. 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM RosEN- BERGER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Sanctuary Oil-Lamps, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in sanctuary oil lamps and refers more particularly to a means for holding the wick in an upright position in the oil container.

These wicks are usually provided with a relatively small stifi'ening member of bamboo fiber, or equivalent combustible material runnin through the longitudinal center of the wlck to maintain all parts thereof in a substantially straight line, and to enable the wick to assume an upright position when supported at its lower en i The main object of my present invention is to provide simple and efiicient means for gripping and releasin the lower end of the wick to hold it centra ly in an upright position in the oil container and allowing it to be entirely consumed throughout its length as the oil recedes in the container by combustion. At the same time to permit the wicks to be readily replaced in the same holder when desired.

In other words, I have sought to provide a self contained wick holder capable of being readily inserted into and removed from the oil container with the wick therein and having a pair of spring jaws arranged and tensioned so as to grip the wick at spaced points in its length, whereby said wick will be held more securely in an upright position when burning and, at the same time, may be easily and quickly released for removal, when necessary, by simply pressing the free ends of the jaws.

Other ob ects and uses relating to specific parts of the wick holder will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a sanctuary oil lamp, embodying the features of my invention, the wick, spring jaws, and the supporting post for the jaws being shown in elevation.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6,1920.

Serial No. 266.898.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken in the plane of line 22, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fi 2, showing a slightly modified form of w1ckgripping device.

As shown in Fig. 1 the sanctuary oil lamp comprises an oil container 1--, and a suitable wick holder consisting, in this instance, of the base 2, having a central aperture -3, therethrough, and an upstanding the oil in the container 1, and adapted lies ignited for supplying the necessary he base 2-, preferably consists of an inverted cup shaped plate of sheet metal, having its marginal flange as 8-, resting upon the bottom of the receptacle 1, portions of said flange being cut away or depressed inwardly to form lateral passages 9, which permit the oil to pass therethrough beneath the base for saturating the lower end of the wick and allowing said wick and oil in the container to be entirely consumed.

The central aperture 3--, in the base -2--, is of sufficient size to permit the lower end of the wick to pass easily therethrough and may also serve to retain the adjacent portion of the wick in an upright position after it has burned below the level of the gripping jaws, 5 and 6.

The lifting rod or post -4-, preferably consists of a piece of wire having its lower end put through an aperture as -10-, in the base -2, some distance to one side of the central aperture 3, and offset laterally at 1l, against the under side of said base where it is firmly held in position by solder -12, said post being of sufiicient length to extend above the upper end of the receptacle -1, where it is provided with an eye or handle 13, by which the entire wick holder may be removed and replaced in and from the receptacle -1.

The wick-gripping jaws 5 and 6, are se cured at one end by solder li, or equiva lent fastening means to the post 4, in

' close proximity -to the upper side of the base 2', and extend laterally or diametrically across the upper face of said base,

and are tensioned to engage opposite faces single piece of spring wire bent into U shaped form with its opposite arms one above the other, the arms of one of thejaws being spaced a sufficient distance apart to permit the other jaw to play between them.

Both jaws extend from the post 4, at one side of the wick some distance beyond the opposite side of said wick, and their intermediate portions which are adapted to engage the wick are off-set or depressed in opposite directions to form concave seats or grippmg faces which engage opposite sides of the wick under the normal tension of the jaws, thus leaving the free ends of the aws normally spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 2, to form handles which, when com pressed serve to release the jaws from gripping engagement with the wick'and permit the latter to be removed or replaced by a new one when necessary.

The construction of the jaws shown in Fig. 3 is very similar to those shown in Figs. 1 and 2, excepting that the base --2-, isprovided with an additional post 4 at the diametrically opposite side from the post -4i, to whichthe adjacent end of one of the spring jaws is secured by solder let or other suitable means so that one of the jaws will. be held at both ends while the other jaw is free to move under its own tension or under pressure of the finger.

By constructing the jaws in the manner described it will be seen that they engage the wick at different points in its length and that the points engaged are relatively narrow as compared with the total height of the jaws, so as-not to interfere with-the free burning of the portion of the wick passing between the j aws which allows the entire wick to be consumedaided by thefact that the oil is allowed to flow beneath the base for contact at the extreme lower end of said wick.

That I claim is: g

1. A sanctuary oil lamp comprising in combination, an oil container, a wick-supporting base resting on the bottom of the container, and provided with a central aperture therethrough, a wick having its lower end inserted in said aperture and rising above the base, a lifting rod secured to the base at one side of-theaperture, and a spring clip secured to said rod and provided with jaws tensioned to grip thewi'ck at a point above the base to hold said wick in an upright position. 7

2. A wick-holder for sanctuary oil lamps comprising a base, adapted to rest upon the bottom ofv an oil container and provided with an upstanding lifting rod, and spring jaws mounted on the lifting rod and tensioned to grip an upstanding wick to hold it in an upright position while the wick is burning. i v

3. A wick-holder for sanctuary oil lamps comprising a base adapted to rest upon the bottom of an oil container and provided with an upstanding lifting rod, and spring jaws mounted on the lifting rod a short distance above the base and tensioned to grip an upstanding wick at spaced points in its length for holding said wick in an 7 upright position.

4;. A wick-holder for sanctuary oil lamps comprising a base adapted to rest upon the bottom' of an oil container and provided with an upstanding lifting rod at one side of its center and means on the lifting rod for holding a wick above the base.

In, witness whereof 71 have :hereunto' set my hand this 3rd day of December 1918.

WILLIAM nosnnennenn.

Witnesses: i

H. E. CHASE, ETHEL M. W'aLLIAMs. 

